Over the last few years, CP+ in Japan has grown in importance and significance in the camera industry. Unfortunately, this year’s show — which was planned to be in-person — went fully digital due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After 70 years of holding its leading photographic trade show in Cologne, Germany, Photokina may be no more. The world’s largest photo trade fair has announced that due to a “massive decline in markets for imaging products,” it will be discontinued indefinitely.
The PhotoPlus Expo in New York City won’t take place until late October, but companies are already deciding whether or not to commit to going. First up: Olympus, who has officially pulled out of this year’s show because of the ongoing pandemic.
The Photography Show, the biggest photography trade show in the UK, just announced at the last minute that it will be postponing this year’s event to September as a safety precaution in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
Photokina announced in 2017 that starting in 2018, the previously biennial photography trade fair — the largest in the world — would become an annual event. The event is also moving from September to May.
Last summer, B&H Photo hosted a relatively small camera industry trade show and exposition in New York, testing the waters for the viability of in-person shows after the collapse of Photo Plus.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show that was scheduled to take place in October has been canceled. This follows Sony, Canon, and Panasonic’s choice to pull out due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
The organizers of CP+, Camera and Photo Imaging Show, have announced that the largest and most prominent trade show for photography in Japan will be going online-only in 2021. The tradeshow was set to take place February 24 through February 28 next year on-site at the Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall as well as online, […]
The organizers of Photokina 2020 have finally announced what we expected all along: the 2020 trade show has been cancelled due to public health concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus. The show will not take place again until May 2022.
Last week, Fuji Rumors reported that Fujifilm would not be attending Photokina 2020, but the report cited no official sources and neither Photokina nor Fujifilm had made any such announcement. Over the past week, PetaPixel was able to confirm this information with official sources from both Photokina and Fujifilm. A Photokina representative confirmed the report […]
Photokina is still the world’s leading imaging expo, but changes to its structure and a struggling industry may be pushing participants away. In a press release published to the expo’s website, the trade show’s organizer Koelnmesse revealed that Nikon, Leica and Olympus have all chosen to skip Photokina 2020. The announcement strikes a grim-but-hopeful note, […]